Racial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States (2015–2060) in adults aged ≥65 years

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• Alternative Title:
  Alzheimers Dement
• Personal Author:
  Matthews, Kevin A. ; Xu, Wei ; Gaglioti, Anne H. ; Holt, James B. ; Croft, Janet B. ; Mack, Dominic ; McGuire, Lisa C.
• Description:
  Introduction:
  
  Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) cause a high burden of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Age, race, and ethnicity are important risk factors for ADRD.
  
  Methods:
  
  We estimated the future US burden of ADRD by age, sex, and race and ethnicity by applying subgroup-specific prevalence among Medicare Fee-for-Service beneficiaries aged ≥65 years in 2014 to subgroup-specific population estimates for 2014 and population projection data from the US Census Bureau for 2015 to 2060.
  
  Results:
  
  The burden of ADRD in 2014 was an estimated 5.0 million adults aged ≥65 years or 1.6% of the population, and there are significant disparities in ADRD prevalence among population subgroups defined by race and ethnicity. ADRD burden will double to 3.3% by 2060 when 13.9 million Americans are projected to have the disease.
  
  Discussion:
  
  These estimates can be used to guide planning and interventions related to caring for the ADRD population and supporting caregivers.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Aged, 80 And Over Alzheimer Disease Ethnicity Fee-for-Service Plans Female Humans Male Medicare Racial Groups Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Alzheimers Dement. 15(1):17-24
• Pubmed ID:
  30243772
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6333531
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; R25 MD007589/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:637148165eba91c9e1c8eb0863558b971d66325dccbf8630e23e4598a0e4a045
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/62077/cdc_62077_DS1.pdf
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